"Display driver stopped responding and has recovered"

[sharazisspecial]

Black screen then "Display driver stopped responding and has recovered" which will cause ffxiv to crash because of the loss of display driver.(like alt-tabbing out of fullscreen does or turning off my hdtv does)

It happens alot during ffxiv play time. I expect to get it 10+ times a day. I have tried clean install, reinstall graphic drivers, underclock nothing works.

I notice that i will very often get it during browsing my retainer . Though it does happen during other times. I dont think i have had during battle thank god.

Is it cos of ffxiv? is my new gtx 680 the problem? I didnt get it when i played gw2 . FFXIV is going to explode soon so it less of concern for me but i wanted to know is this a common problem with ffxiv?

I do dual box using sandboxie .Though it has happened very often when i havent dual boxed.

It is a new pc so im a bit disappointed by this.

[Elexia]

This is unrelated to FFXIV, it's your graphics driver you need to either update/downgrade or check if your GPU is still actually running well. Even if you dualbox you shouldn't be crashing your driver like this.

[sharazisspecial]

Which one you recommend? cos i tried a few do you know which one works well with gtx 680? I have looked on the internet for answers didnt get them. Its a problem that started with ffxiv so i ask the ffxiv forum if they have found the solution.

I will almost always get it during browsing my retainer. Very suspicious!

[Irondude]

I will almost always get it during browsing my retainer. Very suspicious!

haha that's because half the game time is spent waiting for items to transfer back and forth in your menus!

This was happening to my buddy on a laptop he had a 540m. He had to try a few different driver versions before it would stop. Also Try playing around with full screen vs windowed mode. He at one point was using Steam to full screen the game and still browse the web.

[Molly_Millions]

go to the nvidea website and get the latest one. If you've done that, have you updated Java recently?

[ShivenCasull]

Black screen then "Display driver stopped responding and has recovered" which will cause ffxiv to crash because of the loss of display driver.(like alt-tabbing out of fullscreen does or turning off my hdtv does)

It happens alot during ffxiv play time. I expect to get it 10+ times a day. I have tried clean install, reinstall graphic drivers, underclock nothing works.

I notice that i will very often get it during browsing my retainer . Though it does happen during other times. I dont think i have had during battle thank god.

Is it cos of ffxiv? is my new gtx 680 the problem? I didnt get it when i played gw2 . FFXIV is going to explode soon so it less of concern for me but i wanted to know is this a common problem with ffxiv?

I do dual box using sandboxie .Though it has happened very often when i havent dual boxed.

It is a new pc so im a bit disappointed by this.

I had to replace a video card that used to give me a similar error when playing XIV/BF3.

It would crash once and recover, and the second time it would lock up.

Edit: As long as your card can recover it's likely a driver/software issue.

[Rylock]

I have this same problem, and it appears to be a driver issue SPECIFICALLY with FFXIV. The card works fine on other, higher stress games, is not getting anywhere near dangerous heat, and the problem is perfectly reproducible. All I have to do is hang out on that one special uldah server, and about once an hour the driver will crash. Then it will either recover and everything's cool, or it will restart the comp and everything's cool once its back up. This is the most recent driver btw, and has been an issue with the last few as well. I would downgrade to try and find something more stable... but we have a week til the engine goes away anyway, so not worth the effort.

Might be something to the full screen/windowed thing too.

[Alhanelem]

Black screen then "Display driver stopped responding and has recovered" which will cause ffxiv to crash because of the loss of display driver.(like alt-tabbing out of fullscreen does or turning off my hdtv does)

It happens alot during ffxiv play time. I expect to get it 10+ times a day. I have tried clean install, reinstall graphic drivers, underclock nothing works.

I notice that i will very often get it during browsing my retainer . Though it does happen during other times. I dont think i have had during battle thank god.

Is it cos of ffxiv? is my new gtx 680 the problem? I didnt get it when i played gw2 . FFXIV is going to explode soon so it less of concern for me but i wanted to know is this a common problem with ffxiv?

I do dual box using sandboxie .Though it has happened very often when i havent dual boxed.

It is a new pc so im a bit disappointed by this.

Most likely your video card is overheating. You need to stop playing the game before you damage it, and adjust your graphics settings in control panel- Turn up the fan speed to maximum.

The card works fine on other, higher stress games, is not getting anywhere near dangerous heat, and the problem is perfectly reproducible

FFXIV 1.0 is not your average high stress game. It takes WAY more resources than it should for the graphics it puts out. Have you actually checked your graphics card temperature while playing? "stop responding and has recovered" should almost never happen unless your card is overheating.

[Antipika]

FFXIV 1.0 is not your average high stress game. It takes WAY more resources than it should for the graphics it puts out. Have you actually checked your graphics card temperature while playing? "stop responding and has recovered" should almost never happen unless your card is overheating.

It actually happen a lot with GTX680 and XIV thanks to crappy drivers. This has nothing to do with overheating. There is a thread about it on Nvidia forums.

And I can confirm this as a GTX680 owner.

Even if it is true that XIV generates a lot of heat, the 680 is way more efficient than its predecessor (I used to have a 580 before), and the fan doesn't even need to go above 50% while XIV is running (which keeps you a lot of margin before having your card to overheat, as the fan speed will be automatically increased as the temperature rise.)

It's easy to tell if overheating is the cause of an issue, just listen to the fan, at max speed, when using the default cooler of 580/680, it sounds like an airplane... Impossible not to notice. As long as the fan isn't at 100% it means that the temperature is below an acceptable threshold.

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To the OP, does it happen most of the time when you are in Ul'dah? If yes don't even look further, there is no way to fix this issue. Just wait for ARR.

(I also tried tons of different drivers, it happened with all of them, no exception, however I cannot tell for sure if it would happen less often with certain drivers.)

[AmandaHuggenkiss]

Most likely your video card is overheating. You need to stop playing the game before you damage it, and adjust your graphics settings in control panel- Turn up the fan speed to maximum.

I had this issue once upon a time, and it defiantly is from overheating.
Buy yourself a can of air and blow your card out once a week and you will never see the error again.